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It had been about half a month since he had started to attend this high school. He had transferred to this school for studying the 11th and 12th grades in 'Science' stream. ( Author's note : Here in Nepal, most schools are till grade 10 after that we transfer schools. Also we have to choose streams of education such as Arts or Commerce or Science.)

The second period just ended. Shuvam was feeling thirsty, so he decided to go to drink water. The water tap was just a few metres away from his class. He alone went there. He had just started walking when he saw her. She was wearing white pants, white shoes and a blue top. It may sound comical but he felt like time was moving slowly. His skipped a beat when he first saw her and he kept staring. He was walking forward while staring at her as her smile was too captivating. She was with her friends while smiling and they walked past each other.

He felt like he needed to get a second look at her face or he'd regret it later on. He looked back and saw her. She was looking at him. After noticing each other gazes, Shuvam went to the tap whereas she turned her head away and chatted with her friends.

Shuvam was crying in his heart. ' Why did I have to stare ? ',he thought as he disdained himself. But he couldn't help it but look at her direction again. Earlier when she looked away with the emotionless face, he felt his heart ache. ' She probably thinks I am a weirdo. Damn it she disdains me. ', he thought.

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His heart skipped a beat. He remembered the day he saw her for the first time. After that, he used to see her sometimes but every time he saw her, his heart would start beating rapidly but soon after sadness would fill his heart. ' She is out my league. ', he thought. Every time he saw her he would get sad by thinking the same thing over and over again. So, he naturally wanted to do his best to avoid her.

He thought he wasn't good enough. He was not handsome but he was not ugly either. He didn't have a disgusting personality but he was a bit fat. He didnt have a bulging stomach and he knew that he looked rather fat due to his stature but he still thought he was fat.He had matured early and had a big stature. He was fat since young days so he didn't have that high of a morale and his morale would drop to its lowest every time he saw how perfect this girl was. He had done some gym during 11th grade and slimmed down considerably but he was once again getting fat. So he naturally considered himself a failure and a fatso.

Her name was pallavi. She was in an another section. So were his friends jasmine and sneha, he knew these two girls from middle school. These were pretty much the only girls he was good friends with.

Pallavi had decided to go together with their group because of jasmine. Jasmine and her were in the same section after all. They started to walk together and of course their jokes never stopped. His friends, Ajay and Bikash were the only guys who went to the same high school as him. The other three had chosen ' commerce ' stream and attended a different high school.

The three of them were joking about how they would be successful and employ the other. Shuvam got a call. It was from unknown number. He answered the call and a girl said," Excuse me, is this Mr. Shuvam ? "

" Yes, speaking. "

" Sir, it has already been two days since your debit card arrived but you haven't picked it up yet. "

" Oh, sorry. I had forgotten because of the exams and stuff. I will come pick it up later on. "

" Okay. Thank you, sir. That'd be all. "

The girl was kind of shocked. She naturally knew that one needed to have about NRs 50,000 in their account in order to get a debit card. But she didn't know that the card holder was this young. After all, if he said exams then he must be one of the 12th grade guys whose exams are going to finish today.

His friends were looking at him funny because he spoke pretty formally and all. He naturally ignored their gazes and kept walking.

" Hey guys, I am throwing a party today. Come to the GRV restaurant later at 4pm. ", Shuvam said.

His friends were stunned. They were wondering why this introverted friend of theirs throwing a party all of a sudden.

" I will explain in the evening. Just come. Its my treat after all. You guys just have to come and eat. "

" OK. ", the two guys and girls spoke in unison.

" Pallavi, you come too. ", Shuvam said. After all it would be weird to invite everybody present but her. So even though he tried his best to avoid he ended up inviting her.

" OK. ", she said with an expressionless face and looked away.

' This girl. Is looking away the means to tell me that she is not interested in coming? ',he thought. ' She probably won't come. ', he thought and sighed in disappointment

Everyone went their ways one by one. Shuvam reached home and sank into his bed. It was 10:35 am right now. He immediately fell asleep. He was woken up at 1:15 pm by his brother. They had lunch in the dining hall. He came back to his room and called his other three friends. Their names were Bijay, Hari and Karan. He called them and told them about the party.

He went to the living room and watched TV for a bit. When clock hit 2:30 pm, he got ready. He wore his white T-shirt, black pants and white converse. He took his mom's scooter and went to the bank. He went there to pick up his debit card. He asked at the reception and quickly found his card. The lady who talked to him on the phone was the one who was responsible for providing him the card. She told him that this debit card could be used in internet transactions, foreign countries and as an ATM.

He wanted to withdraw some money so he went to the bank's ATM machine and withdrew 10 thousand. He topped up both his sim cards for NRs 500 each using the bank app on his phone. He then went to a clothing store and bought a k leather bag with ' BTS ' written on it. It cost him NRs 1800. He didn't waste his time by bargaining. He knew that he could get it for cheaper but so what he was a millionaire right now. Who would care about a few hundreds ?

He was feeling uneasy while putting the card in his pants pockets and he didn't like using wallets so he bought a bag instead. He put his mobile phone and his debit card into his bag and went to the GRV.

GRV was one of the most famous restaurants for the younger generation to throw any party. It was still 3:30 and of course he was the first one to arrive. The server asked how many people were going to join him. After that there would be around 10 people, the server led Shuvam into a room which had room for around 12-13 people. Shuvam knew that there was still some time, so he ordered a hookah and some juice. He called his friends saying he was at the hotel and they should rush over as soon as possible.

He was smoking hookah and reading novels in qidian when pallavi came inside the room. She was led in by the server. Shuvam's heart skipped a beat. He almost went over to hug her but he controlled his impulse to do so and also controlled his over excited expression. " You came. ", he said excitedly. Even though he had steeled his heart for the disappointment he would suffer after seeing that she wouldn't come. She came. She actually came.

" Of course. Didn't you invite me ? ", she said while looking away.

" Yes. ", he said and controlled his still excited expression.

They didn't talk any more and just sat in their seats. It was getting awkward so pallavi took the initiative to talk.

" Let me smoke some too. ",she said while pointing at the hookah.

" No. ", Shuvam said with an unhappy expression.

" Why? " she was unhappy about his attitude.

" Because I don't want you smoking this shit. Its not healthy for your body. ", he said with a firm tone while letting out puffs of smoke from his mouth.

' This guy… ' She was a bit angry and him for saying it harms the body while taking in large amounts of the smoke himself but she felt warm inside.

" Why care about me ? Just let me smoke. "

He knew that he would be going to Kathmandu after a few days and there was no saying when he would return, so he decided to tell her oow he felt about her. It was like he was on drugs. He felt that if he didn't tell her now he would never be able to tell her. He didn't want to regret it later on, so he went ahead and said it.

" Be..Because I..I..I like you. ", he said while stuttering.

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Readers if you are wondering why you are not seeing the system in these chapters. Just wanted to tell you that the novel is about real life, real life of a wanna be game designer and how he used the system to make his life better..☺☺✌✌